Quotes by Silas Lee

“Its all between the ears of the listener. Those who are looking to use this as an opportunity to say, look, we should not support him, theyre going to use it. Those who are going to say, yes, he was speaking what needs to be said, theyre going to look at this as maybe a one time occurrence and sweep it under the rug.”

“The dialogue has shifted from being about his insensitive and inappropriate statement to questions about his competency.”

“Does he have the capacity to lead? Dont count me out of this mayors race yet.”

“You have two plans on the same track. And apparently they might collide, or will collide, at some point.”

“Everything reflects the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the demographics of the city. That impacted how many white candidates perceive their political fortunes.”

“Hes someone respected for doing his homework on issues. Hes viewed as a very serious, very studious person.”

“It looks like this has some traction. Candidates are like sharks: When they smell blood, they will strike. And the sharks are definitely in the water now.”

“Any time people are displaced, you lose a lot of institutional history and institutional leadership and we hear that many of those people may not return because they fear they will not be able to experience the same level of life. Once you lose that level of institutional leadership and institutional knowledge, its not going to be replaced immediately and especially when you look at the fact that Katrina altered the demographics of New Orleans overnight.”

“What Katrina did was unmask many of the deep social, economic and racial divisions we have in this city. Now the issue of race is not just a political issue but an issue of which neighborhood is going to be rebuilt.”

“That exponentially increases the budget for this mayors race.”